GoMRI
Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Funding Source: Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)

Project Member Institutions

Deepsea to Coast Connectivity in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico (DEEP-C)

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Research

City University of New York - Baruch College

Department of Natural Sciences

Stephen Gosnell
Research Scientist,
Post-Doc

Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL)

Discovery Hall Programs

Tina Miller-Way
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead,
Outreach Team

Education & Outreach

Rachel Gamble
Outreach Team
Carrie Riley
Task Co-Lead,
Outreach Team

University of South Alabama Programs - Student

Michael Dolvin
High School Student
Chase Lindsay
High School Student
Pascha Silker
High School Student

Eckerd College

Marine Science

Gregg R. Brooks
Research Scientist
David W. Hastings
Research Scientist
Chelsea Kuhs
Undergraduate Student
Haley Ramirez
Undergraduate Student
Lauren Reilly
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Alexandra Valente
Research Staff

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne

Environmental Chemistry Modeling Laboratory

Jonas Gros
Data Team

Emory University

Mathematics and Computer Science

Charnelle K. Bland
Undergraduate Student

Florida State University

Center for Ocean-Atmospheric Prediction Studies (COAPS)

Duygu Aktas
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Dana Behnke
Administrative Staff
Mark Allen Bourassa
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Alexandra Bozec
Research Scientist
Eric P. Chassignet
Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Matthew Clark
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Dmitry Dukhovskoy
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Meredith Field
Task Co-Lead,
Outreach Team
Danielle Groenen
Outreach Team
Nick Heath
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Hannah Hiester
Research Scientist
Tracy A. Ippolito
Program Manager / Technical Coordinator,
Task Lead,
Outreach Point of Contact,
Data Team,
Outreach Team
Rebecca Keenan
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Steven L. Morey
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Robert Nedbor-Gross
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Tam Nguyen
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Brittany Pace
Outreach Team
Shawn Smith
Project Data Point of Contact,
Task Data Contact
John Steffen
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Kris Suchdeve
Data Team,
Outreach Team
Austin Todd
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Frank Valcarcel
Data Team,
Undergraduate Student
Amelia Vaughan
Outreach Team
Panagiotis Velissariou
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Srinath Viswanathan
Data Team,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Olmo Zavala-Romero
Data Team,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Coastal and Marine Laboratory

Samantha Bosman
Research Staff
Pascal Michel Brignole
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Sandra Brooke
Research Scientist
Felicia C Coleman
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead,
Outreach Team
Charles Cotton
Research Scientist
Madison Fish
High School Student
Oscar Garcia-Pineda
Research Scientist
Emily Goetz
Undergraduate Student
R. Dean Grubbs
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Austin Heil
Research Staff,
Data Team,
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
Bryan Keller
Research Staff
Christopher C Koenig
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Erica Levine
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Justin Lewis
Research Staff
Nicole Martin
Research Staff
Ryan McKenzie
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Brian Moe
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Cheston Peterson
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Chrisoulla Rakowski
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
Corine Samaras
Undergraduate Student
Rebecca Varney
Graduate Student - Master's Level

College of Engineering

Jared Butts
Undergraduate Student
Graham Desermia
Undergraduate Student
Nicolas Douglas
Undergraduate Student
John Easton
Undergraduate Student
Jahaar Hudnell
Undergraduate Student
Andres Isern
Undergraduate Student
Michael Prutsman
Undergraduate Student
Jordan Rasmussen
Undergraduate Student
Miao Wenjie
Undergraduate Student

Department of Biological Science

Johanna Imhoff
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Kelly Kingon
Data Team
Chris Malinowski
Research Staff,
Data Team,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Bianca Prohaska
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Steven Rowland
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science

Aisha Agbali
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Aaron Avery
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Amy Baco-Taylor
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Dhruv Balwada
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Matt Bonano
Undergraduate Student
Markietta Butler-Hill
Undergraduate Student
Scott Byfield
Undergraduate Student
Andy Canion
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Daniel Cardenas
Undergraduate Student
Keenan Chandler
Undergraduate Student
Jeffrey Paul Chanton
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Chiu Cheng
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Allan J. Clarke
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Jarrett Cruz
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
Samira Daneshgar-Asl
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Brian DeSanti
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Stacia Dudley
Undergraduate Student
Kirstin Eller
Research Staff
Virginia Eller
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Meaghan Faletti
Undergraduate Student
Travis Ferguson
Undergraduate Student
Dana Fields
Research Staff
Susan Foley
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Nicholas Froonjian
Undergraduate Student
Lauren Gillies
Research Staff
Susan Gladwin
Research Staff
David Gonzales Martinez
Undergraduate Student
Samantha Goode
Undergraduate Student
Joseph Guerrera
Undergraduate Student
Chris Hagan
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Alexandra Harper
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Eric Howarth
Research Staff
Markus Huettel
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Cynthia Hunt
Administrative Staff
Kaitlin Hurley
Undergraduate Student
Caroline Johansen
Graduate Student - Master's Level
John Kaba
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Benjamin LaBelle
Graduate Student - Master's Level
William M. Landing
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Peter Lazarevich
Research Staff
Nicholas Lopez
Undergraduate Student
Rose Luzader
Undergraduate Student
Ian MacDonald
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead,
Task Co-Lead
Cedric Magen
Post-Doc
Ekaterina Maksimova
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Olivia Mason
Research Scientist
Alejandra Mickle
Research Staff,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Eric Mortenson
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Nicholas Myers
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Curtis Okolovitch
Undergraduate Student
Melissa Olguin
Undergraduate Student
Jiyoung Paeng
Research Staff
Christine Palmer
Undergraduate Student
Marie Peterson
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Margaret Powers
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Kelsey Rogers
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Clair Routy
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Lee Russell
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Michael Santema
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Arvind Shantharam
Research Staff,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Mauricio Silva-Aguilara
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Elizabeth Simons
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Matthew Smith
Undergraduate Student
Kevin Speer
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Lead
Danielle Stepien
Research Staff
Wilton (Tony) Sturges
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Deonte Thomas
Undergraduate Student
Stephen Van Gorder
Research Staff
Dayma Wasmund-Nault
Undergraduate Student
William (Brian) Wells
Research Staff,
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Nicolas Wienders
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Sherwood Wise
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Xiaobiao Xu
Research Scientist

Department of Mathematics

Jonathan Ubnoske
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Department of Scientific Computing

Arsalan Ahmed
Data Team,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Institute

Anthony Diaz
Research Staff
Catherine Hancock
Research Staff
Chris Roach
Post-Doc

National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Tessa Bartges
Undergraduate Student
Gabrielle Brooks
Undergraduate Student
Huan Chen
Post-Doc
Yuri Corilo
Post-Doc
Patricia J. Dixon
Outreach Point of Contact,
Outreach Team
Chang Hsu
Research Scientist
Roxanne Hughes
Task Data Contact,
Outreach Point of Contact,
Outreach Team
Logan Krajewski
Undergraduate Student
Jie Lu
Research Scientist
Alan G. Marshall
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Amy McKenna
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Ryan P. Rodgers
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Brian Ruddy
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Vincent Salters
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Shavecca Snead
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Georgia Institute of Technology

School of Biology

Mark E. Hay
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
Gayathri Pratap Kurup
Graduate Student - Master's Level

School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Emily Aquadro
Undergraduate Student
Joel E. Kostka
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Xueju Lin
Post-Doc
Nicandro Mandujano
Undergraduate Student
Kala Marks
Research Staff,
Undergraduate Student
Will Overholt
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Boryoung Shin
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Elizabeth Smithwick
Undergraduate Student
Xiaoxu Sun
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level

Leidos, Inc.

Research

Peter Hamilton
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
James J. Singer
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist

Louisiana State University

Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences

Naval Research Laboratory at Stennis Space Center

Department of Marine Sciences

Letha Boudreaux
Outreach Team

Ocean Dynamics and Prediction Branch

Patrick J. Hogan
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Ocean Sciences Branch

Sergio deRada
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Rachel Holladay
Undergraduate Student,
High School Student
Samuel Holladay
Undergraduate Student,
High School Student
Sherwin Ladner
Research Staff

New College of Florida

Environmental Studies Program

Cassandra Wood
Undergraduate Student

Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Department of Ocean and Sea Ice

Kai Christensen
Research Scientist

Department of Operational Oceanography and Marine Meteorology

Knut-Frode Dagestad
Research Scientist
Mahmud Hasan Ghani
Research Staff,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Lars Robert Hole
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Johannes Røhrs
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Cecilie Wettre
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist

Tallahassee Community College

Karen Busen
Research Staff

Tendral LLC

Ashwanth Srinivasan
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

University of Bergen

Geophysical Institute

Erna Joensson
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Russian State Hydrometeorological Institute

Igor Ivichev
Graduate Student - PhD Level

University of Calgary

Geoscience Department

Jagos Radovic
Graduate Student - Master's Level

University of Central Florida

Department of Biology

Shannon Rolfe
Graduate Student - Master's Level

University of Miami

Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science

Laura Bracken
Task Co-Lead,
Outreach Team
Zachary Brooks
Undergraduate Student
Rafael Gonçalves
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Mohamed Iskandarani
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Benjamin Jaimes
Research Scientist
HeeSook Kang
Research Scientist
Villy Kourafalou
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Matthieu Le Hénaff
Research Scientist,
Post-Doc
Ryan Schuster
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Lynn K. (Nick) Shay
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Shitao Wang
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - PhD Level,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

University of North Florida

Biology Department

James Gelsleichter
Research Scientist
Arianne Leary
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level

Department of Biology - Coastal Biology Program

John Whalen
Graduate Student - Master's Level

University of South Florida

College of Marine Science

Trevor Browning
Research Staff
Jeff Donovan
Data Team
Lindsey Dornberger
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Shane Dunn
Graduate Student - PhD Level
Benjamin P. Flower
Co-Principal Investigator
Teresa M. Greely
Outreach Team
Albert C. Hine
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist
David J. Hollander
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Liesl Hotaling
Task Co-Lead,
Outreach Team
Yong Huang
Post-Doc
Yonggang Liu
Research Scientist
Stanley D. Locker
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Chudong Pan
Post-Doc
Patrick Smith
Data Team
Kathleen (Katie) Watson
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Robert Weisberg
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Nicola Zenzola
Undergraduate Student
Lianyuan Zheng
Research Scientist

Marine Science

Pedro Matos-Llavona
Undergraduate Student

University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Florida Institute of Oceanography

Nancy B. Thompson
Administrative Staff
Jyotika Virmani
Administrative Staff

University of Southern Mississippi

Division of Marine Science

Robert (Bob) Arnone
Task Co-Lead,
Research Scientist

University of West Florida

Center for Environmental Diagnostics and Bioremediation

Lauren Campanella
Undergraduate Student
Sierra Cleveland
High School Student
Jett Crowdis
High School Student
Bryan Davis
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Angela Fermin
High School Student
Nine Henrikksson
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Wade H. Jeffrey
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Katelyn Knight
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Maria Kondrat,yev
High School Student
Ryan Lavoie
Undergraduate Student
Joel Marks
Undergraduate Student
Chelsea McCurry
Undergraduate Student
Joseph Moss
Research Staff

Department of Biology

Chelsea Hester
Undergraduate Student
Katelyn Houghton
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Josette Hutcheson
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Cynthia Kane
Undergraduate Student
Mariah Pfleger
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Rachael Rice
Undergraduate Student
Preston Shisgal
Undergraduate Student
Sarah Tominack
GoMRI Scholar,
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Katherine Vaccarro
Undergraduate Student

Department of Chemistry

Fredrick Hileman
Research Scientist
Robert Lynch
Undergraduate Student

Valdosta State University

Department of Biology

Courtney Bryller
Graduate Student - Master's Level,
Undergraduate Student
Tiffini S. Dinkins
Undergraduate Student
Anastasia Nienow
Undergraduate Student
James Nienow
Research Scientist
Jennifer Rivera
Undergraduate Student
Anna Shultz
Graduate Student - PhD Level
James E. Tillman
Undergraduate Student

Environmental Geosciences

Christopher D. Horruitiner
Undergraduate Student

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Eastern Shore Laboratory

Richard A Snyder
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Coastal Ocean Institute and Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

Catherine Carmichael
Research Scientist
Brian Forst
Undergraduate Student
Benjamin Freiberg
Undergraduate Student
Andre Henrique
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Bryan James
Undergraduate Student,
High School Student
Hector Koolen
Undergraduate Student
Karin Lemkau
Post-Doc
Mike McNulty
Undergraduate Student
Robert Nelson
Research Scientist
Ferdinand Oberle
Graduate Student - Master's Level
Christopher M. Reddy
Co-Principal Investigator,
Task Co-Lead
Thomas Rugh
Undergraduate Student

Communications Office

L Lippsett
Outreach Team

Greenwich High School

Blake Hallisey
High School Student

Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry

Grant Doney
High School Student

Physical Oceanography Department

Amy S. Bower
Task Co-Lead

Sea Education Association (SEA) at Reed College

Ellen Murphy
Undergraduate Student
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
www.gulfresearchinitiative.org